Paper Passion

People use paper all over the world to create amazing projects – from photographers and paper artist to illustrators and architects. Paper Passion by Arctic Paper is a series of portraits where we highlight some of the worlds most interesting creators – to show the endless possibilities of paper.

Let us introduce you to the people behind some extraordinary paper work. We promise you will get both inspired and amazed.

Meet the artists

0.Itemzero

Itemzero is a graphic design studio based in Portugal. They’re passionate in book design and dedicated to tailoring books and crafting unique typefaces.

James Cook

Meet artist James Cook, who creates incredible artwork using only the letters and symbols from vintage typewriters.

Florence Montmare

Florence Montmare is a multidisciplinary artist, photographer, and director.

Bartosz Kosowski

Polish illustrator associated with Lodz, winner of many international awards, gained popularity with the poster for the Lolita movie. He is the winner of five gold and one silver medal awarded by the American Society of Illustrators, as well as a gold medal in the Spectrum 27 competition.

Parisianer

Michael Prigent is the creator of the project and co-art director of The Parisianer. The Parisianer is a collective artistic project that brings together more than two hundred artists around a single concept: creating the covers of The Parisianer, a fictitious magazine celebrating the city of Paris.

nuuna by brandbook

Meet Sabine Kochendörfer, one of the founders of Nuuna. Nuuna produces and binds unique notebooks to high standards exclusively in Germany.

Aneta Kowalczyk

Book designer and art director at Blow Up Press publishing house, Warsaw.

Meet Marcin Dudziak at Marceli Printery

The print expert Marcin Dudziak from Warsaw, Poland had dreams of becoming a filmmaker. Life wanted something different and an unexpected turn led him to pursue paper printing instead. Today, several years later, Marcin is considered one of the best paper printers in Europe with his company Marceli Printery.

Fjelltopp

The nordic mountain landscape come to life with fjelltopp's illustrations.

Saltnwax

PrintMakingMoneygang

Pauline Loctin

Karin Ohlsson Bahkadisch

Zoe Bradley

Jotaká

Georgia Low

Bruno & Dimitri Sonderegger

Matt Shlian

Plotteriet

Ida Gerdemark

Thomas Freitag

Pippa Dyrlaga

Juliane Berge

Finsta

WooJai Lee

Eric Standley

Paola Bazz

Zuzanna Dolega

Zack McLaughlin

Unfolding stories – the changing faces of Paola Bazz

Print and Education

Fia Lotta Jansson

Cecilia Levy

Bee Saving Paper

Mademoiselle Maurice

Ronda Senduka

Ioana Stoian & Eric Gjerde

Kristin Lidström

Polly Verity

Tereza Booth

Chiamonwu Joy

Josh Alan

Gunjan Aylawadi

Stefan Bleekrode

Piroska Szönye

Alice Lindstrom

Yuko Takada Keller

Gerry Johansson

Angie Wang

Franka Grubišić

Sarah Mo

Konrad Olsson

Bodil Perneborn & My Kröjer Lindqvist

Henrik Nygren

Rita Koralevics

Salt & Wonder

Sanaa Gateja

Brian Dettmer

Monica Langwe

Maud Vantours

Makerie Studio

Cristian Marianciuc

Bit Vejle

Smart Textiles

Mammalampa

Asya Kozina & Dmitriy Kosin

Daria Alyoshkina

Angelica Sollander

Magdalena Salome

Jacob Dahlstrup

Felix Semper

Maurice Christo van Meijel

Reykjavik Letterpress

Foto Factory

Sara De Bondt

Yulia Brodskaya

Titus Oberhammer

Vilija Vitkuté

Julianna Szabo

Jacky Cheng

Joanna Walczykowska

Ollanski

Jakob de Tobon

Esa & Lisa Tanttu

Jenny Franke

Samantha Quinn

Boris Melus

Nathalie Geoffroy

Davide Cazzaro

Esther Krop

Lisa Marie Andersson

Christian Schienerl

Ada Brunazzi

Juan Diego Gonzálvez

Kristine Benum Braanen

Jonathan Faust

Emma Boyes

Sandra Kühne

Stefan Sagmeister

Rob Ryan

Olka Osadzinska

Fideli Sundqvist

David Baráth

Mattias Adolfsson

Richard Gray